Chapter 497: Secrets from the Ancient Times
"There are some things that cannot be known before attaining enlightenment, and even speaking them out loud is taboo. That thing easily told you the so-called 'truth', so why didn't you receive any warning from the Heavenly Dao?"
King Du Guang's words were like a piece of floating wood seen by a drowning man. The surrounding demon cultivators immediately breathed a sigh of relief after hearing them, as if they had come back to life.
That’s right, if what the “Iron Man” said was true, the thunder from heaven would have struck down long ago - revealing the secret would come at a huge price!
In other words, those were all lies!
But although the other demon cultivators had recovered, the feathers of the Winter of the Dragon were blown up, and his tone was very angry: "The gaps and cracks in the five-color formation are increasing, and the entrance to Guixu is becoming more and more unstable. If the Guixu world is not doomed, why are all those innate gods gone!?"
"They all did leave."
Unexpectedly, Prince Du Guang said it frankly.
Then, accompanied by a loud "boom", dark clouds began to gather in the sky. Thunder rolled and flashed in the clouds, as if warning of something.
"Look, this is what it looks like to reveal the secret."
Queen Du Guang did not seem to take the appearance of the sky thunder to heart, she continued: "But it is not abandoning Guixu Realm, but saving Guixu Realm.
“As for the matter of Guixukou and the Five-Colored Formation you mentioned, it’s actually not the Guixu Realm’s catastrophe, but just a small oversight between heaven and earth. Even if the Five-Colored Formation is broken, there will be new ways to block Guixukou.”
Dong Zhidong was still unwilling to accept the fact: "So, the so-called 'Way of Heaven' is actually their work, right?"
King Du Guang answered ambiguously: "Yes and no."
As they were talking, a white light flashed on the teleportation array next to the iron coffin, and several Taiyin Sect disciples appeared, carrying two tightly tied demon cultivators, one dead and one injured. They were stunned to see such a serious occasion in the square, but soon thought it was some game plot. Not only did they throw those demon cultivators to the ground, they also gathered together and carefully found several angles, and "posed" not far from King Du Guang, posing in many weird postures.
General Huang opened his mouth, but tried to hold back and not say anything impolite. The other big monsters also looked impatient and confused.
Even King Du Guang coughed a few times and asked Lu Zhidong sternly, "No matter what, you controlled the monsters to build the 'Human Sacrifice Workshop' and lured them to eat humans to fatten their Taoism. The evidence is irrefutable. You can - plead - guilty!"
How could Lu Zhidong accept this? She asked loudly, "In ancient times, those immortals killed and ate monsters. Why did they set the rules just because they escaped? We monster cultivators are not allowed to improve our cultivation in this way?"
“Everything has a price.”
King Du Guang shook his head with regret and sighed, "Lu Zhidong, you were once my most proud disciple. We were both trained as birds, smart and hardworking. But it's a pity that you took the wrong path, and now it's too late for anything."
As she spoke, she raised her hand, grabbed a still-living demon cultivator who was tied up by the players, and pulled his soul out of his body.
The intense pain made the demon cultivator roar, but the roar of his soul was not as solid as the roar of his physical vocal cords. Instead, it was a faint whistle. The sound was not loud, but it made people's hair stand on end and their backs numb.
All the demon cultivators were trembling with fear at the sight, and even the stunned players could not help but click their tongues in amazement.
But soon, everyone discovered that the demon cultivator's soul was extremely strange, with many black and gray spots of varying depths appearing on it. The entire soul seemed to be pieced together or polluted, and looked very weird.
"This is the evil consequence of cannibalism. The spiritual power that grows out of thin air is not a gift, but the price of eroding your soul. As you become more and more dependent on eating sentient beings to improve your cultivation and spiritual power, your soul will gradually be possessed by the residual souls you absorb, until it completely erodes you."
All the demon cultivators were so shocked that they were speechless - they only knew that eating humans or demons could improve their cultivation and would also cause them to suffer heavenly calamity, but they really didn't know that their souls could be polluted!
Before anyone could react, several players watching shouted loudly—
"Fuck! This setting is so creepy!"
"This is too Cthulhu! Isn't this a world of immortal cultivation?!"
These few shouts immediately destroyed the serious and solemn atmosphere.
King Du Guang glanced at a few players calmly. For some reason, they were all frightened and stopped talking. They then started chattering quietly in their own team’s channel.
"Ah! This NPC is so scary!"
"Warning, that's a warning, right!? That must be a warning, right!?"
"Hey, hey, hey, let's finish the story! Our loot has been captured by the NPCs! There has to be an explanation for the battlefield points calculation later, right? Let's finish the story first and wait and see! Maybe there's some hidden mission or something like that!"
After seeing that the Taiyin Sect disciples stopped talking, Prince Du Guang picked up the still howling soul and continued, "When he eats enough, those residual souls will gradually replace his own soul. By that time, he may not be himself anymore, but a monster made up of countless residual souls.
"In ancient times, the fighting and killing among the gods was mostly caused by this. The rule they set that creatures with wisdom and spiritual enlightenment cannot be eaten is not only to protect the weak, but also to protect practitioners."
These things did not seem to be taboos, and the thunderclouds in the sky were just rolling but not striking down.
But the feeling of being enveloped by the calamity cloud was not pleasant. King Du Guang narrowed his eyes and finally ended the topic: "Okay, let's stop here for these secret matters. When you cultivate an immortal body or even attain enlightenment and become a god one day, you will naturally know the mysteries of the world."
As soon as she finished speaking, the thunderclouds in the sky seemed to sense King Du Guang's intention and gradually dispersed. The feeling of suffocation and the possibility of being struck by thunder at any time finally disappeared.
Prince Du Guang also looked up at the sky before giving the order, "I will take Lu Zhidong away. You will take turns watching the Human Sacrifice Square. Once the Taiyin Sect disciples have dealt with it, destroy it."
All the demon cultivators bowed their heads and said, "We will obey your orders!"
Seeing that the NPC who had used up the "battlefield points props" that their team had worked so hard to capture was about to leave, several players became anxious and shouted, "Boss! Boss! Our points! Our props! Those are the props we worked so hard to get to exchange for points!"
Prince Du Guang looked at the Taiyin Sect disciples calmly. He was a little confused at first, then he shook the soul in his hand with sudden enlightenment and asked, "What are you talking about?"
The bravest player swallowed his saliva and nodded like a chicken pecking at rice, "That's right! This thing... uh, there is still a difference in points between the dead and the alive. You, you are the dignified King Du Guang! You shouldn't take it for nothing... right?"
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